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Thursday, June 30, 2011

I hope you'll bear with me as I show you more pretty pics of my Broken Dishes Quilt - this time it is indeed the finished quilt. Hooray!

And so today was the perfect day for picture taking - blue sky, occasional cloud, and even mild enough to be out in my pj's at 8am to snap away with the camera. The neighbors are used to my early morning -- before the sun creeps up over the horizon, casting long shadows -- antics.

Quilt Back ~ piecing details

First piece the actual "tumbling blocks".

Arrange the blocks as desired - I arranged my blocks on a large piece of Kona Cotton (Ash) to help me visualize and plan the design.

Add to each individual tumbling block an over-sized "border" from the same fabric as your background fabric. For some of the blocks I added a basic frame border, and for others (those blocks that are "on point") I pieced over-sized triangles to each side which helps reduce fabric wastage.

Orientate/arrange the tumbling block at the angle required, and then trim back the block to a square/rectangle for easy piecing.

After trimming return the block back to the panel to see what is required from the next block; placement, size, shape.

Continue till all tumbling blocks have been placed on panel, and like a puzzle fit the squares and triangles together. You might need to trim or even add more fabric to some blocks to make them all fit.

Quilting: I've quilted a double set quilting lines from edge to edge a little further than 1/4 inch from either side of the seam lines using the outer edge of the walking foot as a quilting guide. I have also zig-zagged my way around the inner white border and stitched in the ditch around the outer border triangles.

For binding fabric I have used Kona Cotton Lagoon ~ an easy decision as it is one of my favorite Kona colors ~ it adds a subtle frame and nice finishing touch to the quilt.